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I’m making a list of favorites. I didn’t start till we were a couple days in.
First was the fire chief who announced that they had cut $17 million from the fire budget, and then the mayor said that that had nothing to do with fighting fires.
Number two was when the housewife jumped at Governor Newsom with a cell phone in his hand, claiming he was talking to the president about relief. He backpedalled a little bit and said, while he wasn’t really talking to him, and actually that he had no cell coverage. that wasn’t what made him number two. What made him number two is that it’s one of the greatest economies in the world, and he’s the guy in charge of all of it, and in the middle of a catastrophic disaster, he doesn’t know how to make a phone call
Number three was the resource lady who has said for several days that maintaining the reservoirs is much less expensive this time of year. And then finally admitting that this is also the high season for the fires, so they may need to reconsider that. Again, that was sterling, but I just found out today that they drained the reservoir in February 2024. So this time of year was the correct time of the year to drain it last year. I guess they’re still trying to figure out the best time of year to put water back in it.
Number four was the director of emergency preparedness explaining the alert system. Apparently LA contracted for their own custom alert system (I’m sure somebody got rich) and did not use the state and nationwide systems that have been proven. After several days of it not working properly, it went off-line and a few hours later there was a flood of inaccurate messages very quickly. Again, that’s not the salient point. The guy stood up yesterday and said that the system was working perfectly, but the signals could not get out because the power and Internet was down in those areas. After working on it for three days, they decided to tap into the proven national system. It only took a couple hours to get it up and running. And after cleaning out the pipe, it’s been working properly. But the award moment was when this guy stood up in front of national television and said our fire alert system is working perfectly, except it doesn’t work when there’s a fire
first runner-up was when the citizens caught and videotaped a transient with a propane torch, setting Christmas trees, and trash cans on fire, and they then detained him, the police took him into custody, and then the district attorney let him go for lack of probable cause. Clearly, he should’ve had a much bigger torch that would start a fire. The size of the house to begin with.
the current winner? last night and this morning, Newsome grabbed the top place again. In interviews at the site, and then interviews in his office, he said that nobody had told him that there was going to be a problem, and nobody is telling him what’s going on. Then he said, how am I supposed to fix it if nobody tells me what’s going on*. I don’t know about you guys, but when I was in charge of something, certainly with things that involve life, injury, and property destruction, I always knew what the hell was going on.
* second edit: having stated that, he returned to sucking his thumb, waiting for his mother to bring him a glass of milk
Of course, these are early results, I have a feeling some real germs are still forthcoming.
EDIT AFTERTHOUGHT: they’ve told us for days that there was no containment, or there’s 10 or 15% containment on one or two of the fires. As much as I make fun of these people, I am fairly confident that they will announce when the last house burns down, that the fire is 90% contained because there’s nothing left to burn
Then they will give each other awards
First was the fire chief who announced that they had cut $17 million from the fire budget, and then the mayor said that that had nothing to do with fighting fires.
Number two was when the housewife jumped at Governor Newsom with a cell phone in his hand, claiming he was talking to the president about relief. He backpedalled a little bit and said, while he wasn’t really talking to him, and actually that he had no cell coverage. that wasn’t what made him number two. What made him number two is that it’s one of the greatest economies in the world, and he’s the guy in charge of all of it, and in the middle of a catastrophic disaster, he doesn’t know how to make a phone call
Number three was the resource lady who has said for several days that maintaining the reservoirs is much less expensive this time of year. And then finally admitting that this is also the high season for the fires, so they may need to reconsider that. Again, that was sterling, but I just found out today that they drained the reservoir in February 2024. So this time of year was the correct time of the year to drain it last year. I guess they’re still trying to figure out the best time of year to put water back in it.
Number four was the director of emergency preparedness explaining the alert system. Apparently LA contracted for their own custom alert system (I’m sure somebody got rich) and did not use the state and nationwide systems that have been proven. After several days of it not working properly, it went off-line and a few hours later there was a flood of inaccurate messages very quickly. Again, that’s not the salient point. The guy stood up yesterday and said that the system was working perfectly, but the signals could not get out because the power and Internet was down in those areas. After working on it for three days, they decided to tap into the proven national system. It only took a couple hours to get it up and running. And after cleaning out the pipe, it’s been working properly. But the award moment was when this guy stood up in front of national television and said our fire alert system is working perfectly, except it doesn’t work when there’s a fire
first runner-up was when the citizens caught and videotaped a transient with a propane torch, setting Christmas trees, and trash cans on fire, and they then detained him, the police took him into custody, and then the district attorney let him go for lack of probable cause. Clearly, he should’ve had a much bigger torch that would start a fire. The size of the house to begin with.
the current winner? last night and this morning, Newsome grabbed the top place again. In interviews at the site, and then interviews in his office, he said that nobody had told him that there was going to be a problem, and nobody is telling him what’s going on. Then he said, how am I supposed to fix it if nobody tells me what’s going on*. I don’t know about you guys, but when I was in charge of something, certainly with things that involve life, injury, and property destruction, I always knew what the hell was going on.
* second edit: having stated that, he returned to sucking his thumb, waiting for his mother to bring him a glass of milk
Of course, these are early results, I have a feeling some real germs are still forthcoming.
EDIT AFTERTHOUGHT: they’ve told us for days that there was no containment, or there’s 10 or 15% containment on one or two of the fires. As much as I make fun of these people, I am fairly confident that they will announce when the last house burns down, that the fire is 90% contained because there’s nothing left to burn
Then they will give each other awards
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